"Where the Action Is: On the Site of Distributive Justice" Self-Quiz

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. Which of the following slogans does Cohen endorse?

The legal is personal correct incorrect

The political is legal correct incorrect

The personal is political correct incorrect

The political is personal correct incorrect

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. What is the substance of the feminist critique of liberal accounts of justice, like Rawls?

They unjustifiably ignore the unjust division of labor and unjust power relations within families correct incorrect

They conceive of justice as applying to more than the legal, coercive structure of society correct incorrect

They dont take seriously the different ways institutions treat men and women correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best describes the difference principle?

Inequalities are just if, and only if, they are necessary to make the worst-off people better off correct incorrect

Inequalities in a society are never just; there should be no differences in status in a just society correct incorrect

Inequalities are just if and only if they are the result of natural differences in talent among people correct incorrect

Inequalities are just only if theyre the result of a just coercive, legal structure correct incorrect

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. According to Cohen, what problem arises for Rawls if the talented dont accept the difference principle?

Rawls must accept that the basic structure is more than a bare, legal structure correct incorrect

It becomes unclear how the talented justify their higher salaries correct incorrect

Society wont be just correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. What problem does Cohen hold Rawls faces if the talented do accept the difference principle?

Rawls must accept that the basic structure is more than a bare, legal structure correct incorrect

It becomes unclear how the talented justify their higher salaries correct incorrect

Society wont be just correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. For Cohen, the principles of justice apply only to the choices that individuals make within a legal coercive structure

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Cohen holds that affirming the difference principle implies that justice requires (virtually) unqualified equality itself.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Cohen understands the talented to be those people who are positioned so that they can command a high salary, because they are endowed with strength, flair, and ingenuity most others lack.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect